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Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults
BACKGROUND: Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) is a psychostimulant herb widely cultivated and used in Ethiopia. The link between khat use and body composition is little known. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the association between body composition and khat use. METHODS: We recruited 415 individuals 18–...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26578211 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1601-2 |
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author | Girma, Tsinuel Mossie, Andualem Getu, Yesufe |
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description | BACKGROUND: Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) is a psychostimulant herb widely cultivated and used in Ethiopia. The link between khat use and body composition is little known. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the association between body composition and khat use. METHODS: We recruited 415 individuals 18–78 years of age from Jimma Town. Sociodemographic and lifestyle data were collected using structured questionnaires. Fat mass (FM, kg) and fat-free mass (FFM, kg) were estimated from whole-body bio impedance. Weight (kg), FM and FFM were indexed to height (m) as BMI (kg/m(2)), fat mass index (FMI) (kg/m) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) (kg/m), respectively. Independent predictors of BMI, FMI and FFMI were identified using regression analysis. RESULT: Participants’ mean ± SD of age was 37 ± 13 years and 205 (53.2 %) were males. Mean ± SD of BMI, FMI and FFMI were 21.0 kg/m(2) ± 4.1, 6.8 kg/m ± 5.2 and 27.9 kg/m ± 3.8, respectively. Multivariable model showed that, compared with non-chewers, khat chewers had a lower BMI (B = −1.56, 95 % CI −0.78, −2.33) and FMI (B = 2.19, 95 % CI −1.32, −3.06). FMI was lower in cigarette smokers than non-smokers by −1.36 kg/m (95 % CI −0.23, −2.49). Concurrently, khat and cigarette users increased FMI by 2.78 (95 % CI 0.11, 5.44). FFMI decreased with age (B = −0.02, 95 % CI −0.05, −0.002). CONCLUSION: FMI and BMI were lower in khat users than non-users, but there was no difference in lean mass. The consequence of this body composition change should be investigated. |
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spelling | pubmed-46503442015-11-19 Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults Girma, Tsinuel Mossie, Andualem Getu, Yesufe BMC Res Notes Research Article BACKGROUND: Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) is a psychostimulant herb widely cultivated and used in Ethiopia. The link between khat use and body composition is little known. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the association between body composition and khat use. METHODS: We recruited 415 individuals 18–78 years of age from Jimma Town. Sociodemographic and lifestyle data were collected using structured questionnaires. Fat mass (FM, kg) and fat-free mass (FFM, kg) were estimated from whole-body bio impedance. Weight (kg), FM and FFM were indexed to height (m) as BMI (kg/m(2)), fat mass index (FMI) (kg/m) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) (kg/m), respectively. Independent predictors of BMI, FMI and FFMI were identified using regression analysis. RESULT: Participants’ mean ± SD of age was 37 ± 13 years and 205 (53.2 %) were males. Mean ± SD of BMI, FMI and FFMI were 21.0 kg/m(2) ± 4.1, 6.8 kg/m ± 5.2 and 27.9 kg/m ± 3.8, respectively. Multivariable model showed that, compared with non-chewers, khat chewers had a lower BMI (B = −1.56, 95 % CI −0.78, −2.33) and FMI (B = 2.19, 95 % CI −1.32, −3.06). FMI was lower in cigarette smokers than non-smokers by −1.36 kg/m (95 % CI −0.23, −2.49). Concurrently, khat and cigarette users increased FMI by 2.78 (95 % CI 0.11, 5.44). FFMI decreased with age (B = −0.02, 95 % CI −0.05, −0.002). CONCLUSION: FMI and BMI were lower in khat users than non-users, but there was no difference in lean mass. The consequence of this body composition change should be investigated. BioMed Central 2015-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4650344/ /pubmed/26578211 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1601-2 Text en © Girma et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Girma, Tsinuel Mossie, Andualem Getu, Yesufe Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title | Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title_full | Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title_fullStr | Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title_short | Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults |
title_sort | association between body composition and khat chewing in ethiopian adults |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26578211 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1601-2 |
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